The author emphasizes the importance of reducing food waste, sharing creative ways to use leftovers and excess produce. Cooking techniques include transforming mashed potatoes into cakes or bread bases and dehydrating fruits and vegetables for future use. Unusable scraps are fed to pets or composted, highlighting a sustainable approach to food management.
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Creative Ways to Use Thanksgiving Turkey Leftovers
Here in the States, I use the leftovers from Thanksgiving as creatively as possible. To creatively using turkey, after the holiday, I often meal fixings on sale. I have often purchased turkeys, hams, and the like at a discount. Today, we’ll discuss how I have used the leftovers from Thanksgiving, especially turkey leftovers. Who enjoysContinue reading “Creative Ways to Use Thanksgiving Turkey Leftovers”
Should I Store Food?
Traditionally, families preserved food during winters through gardening, animal husbandry, and various preservation methods. Today, these skills are declining, yet interest is reviving among younger generations. Prepping involves storing what you eat and rotating food supplies. Growing your own food can provide security, as emphasized in “The Survival Garden.”
How Do We Know We Have a Healthy Diet?
When preparing for survival, prioritize oxygen, special needs, and water before food. While calories are vital, protein, vitamins, and minerals are essential for long-term health. Assess individual daily caloric needs, plan food sources to include balanced macronutrients, and consider micronutrients for overall nutrition. Taste and variety are also important for sustainability.
Having Backup
The content discusses creating alternatives for daily necessities in case of unavailability. It highlights using backup security firms for businesses, alternative utility sources like water, electricity, and heating, and finding substitutes for grocery stores. It also mentions alternative personal care and house cleaning products. Additionally, it promotes books on vegetable gardening and alternative living.
Putting Up Corn
Every year, we grow a lot of vegetables in our garden. Some of them we use straight from the garden like lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, radishes, and many herbs. Others we can pick fresh and store them for several months like potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, garlic, and carrots. I usually can other vegetables by themselves orContinue reading “Putting Up Corn”
Seven Ways to Save on the Grocery Bill
Rising post-pandemic inflation has doubled grocery bills, prompting creative purchasing strategies: buy clearance items, track rotating sales and holiday specials, and purchase in-season fruits and vegetables. Save long-term with bulk staple purchases and grow your own food. Preserve your harvest and cook from scratch to avoid preservatives. Lastly, foraging and hunting complement the savings.
Beans, Planting, Canning, and Harvest
The author recently finished planting their summer garden, including pole beans next to the previous year’s tomato area. They explained the benefits of canning dried beans and detailed their canning process. The author shared plans for the garden’s future and offered helpful gardening books for those interested in starting their own vegetable garden.
Investing In the Future, Homesteading Style
The author discusses the impact of food inflation and their investment strategies. They focus on self-sustainability by growing food, raising animals, and selling produce. They emphasize cooking at home, buying in bulk, and investing in wood fuel and energy-efficient solutions. They prioritize tangible assets over traditional investments, advocating for a self-sufficient lifestyle.
Crafting a Stable Bucket Pantry
The post discusses the importance of storing staple dry foods for long-term use and provides a list of essential items to include in a dry food pantry. It emphasizes the versatility of each item and provides links to recipes. Additionally, it suggests foraging for variety and offers a book on the topic.
The Perpetual Homesteader 